PHOTOSHOP® ELEMENTS 3: DOWN & Dirty TRICKS

Photoshop Elements 3 Down & Dirty Tricks232

Filmstrip Templates

Photographers use this technique for a host of reasons: displaying client photos (especially modeling shots), high school senior

portraits, travel shots, and shots used in online portfolios. There’s one great thing about this technique—once you’ve created

one filmstrip, you can save it as a template and apply it to any photo in seconds. Here’s how it’s done:

STEP ONE: Create a new document in

RGB mode at a resolution of 300 ppi

(the example here is 6x4"). Click on the

Create a New Layer icon at the top of the

Layers palette to create a new blank layer.

Press D to set your For